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  "title": "Why 65 billion yen is being invested in maintaining postal services\n\nAn administrative scholar says that what should be protected is not the postal service itself.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/650",
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  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-22T00:00:00.000Z",
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        "outlet": "The Asahi Shimbun",
        "title": "More post offices than elementary schools… ¥65 billion per year. Merger “too scary to even talk about”",
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        "published": "2026-10-20T00:00:00.000Z"
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